I knew little about the music industry before becoming editor in chief of Honey, a young magazine for urban women, right after the somewhat anticlimactic shift from the 20th to the 21st century.

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...

New York — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...

Now that these world hip-hop stars have made it big, they’re using their success to lift up their communities and beyond. Some of the biggest names in hip-hop have turned around and used their success ...

NEW YORK — Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a ...

In this photo taken July 22, 2010, Palestinian members of the Camps Breakerz breakdancing troupe performance at a children’s center in Gaza City. In the five decades since hip-hop emerged out of New ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, ...